As part of a partnership agreement signed in 2021, construction materials company Cemex has delivered the first all-electric heavy-duty concrete mixer truck from Volvo Trucks. The truck is due to go into operation in Berlin this month.
Volvo will launch its first all-electric trucks in 2018, moving towards a completely ‘fossil-free’ product range by 2040 and aiming for half of its total sales to be electric by 2030. The company currently offers a range of electric trucks. Garbage, haulage and construction trucks weighing between 16 and 44 tons gross weight.
In the heavy equipment field, we have seen load carriers and excavators tested in quarries. That his FE Electric truck is set to work in France along with a compact excavator, the latter of which has since been made available in the United States along with wheels. loader.
The electric concrete mixers will be based on the company’s FMX Electric line, which was introduced in 2021 (although in a pilot program the year before, Scandinavian company Swerock with an electric concrete mixer based on Volvo’s FM model was installed in the Gothenburg region). delivered to the customer). .
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With a wheelbase of 4,100 mm, the vehicle is equipped with a 360 kWh battery bank that promises “a full day’s work on a single charge during normal breaks”. The hydraulic mixer body reportedly gets juice from the traction battery. The truck is powered by two of his electric motors with a continuous gross output of 330 kW (450 hp) and is powered by an I-Shift automatic gearbox (an electronic control unit manages the clutches and shifts).
Roger Allm, president of Volvo Trucks, said: “We will work together to make transportation CO2-neutral in the construction industry. Our electric trucks have zero emissions and their quiet operation creates a better environment for construction workers and city dwellers.” Offers.”
An FMX electric concrete mixer truck will go into service at a ready-mixed concrete plant in the Spandau district of Berlin later this month.
Source: Volvo Trucks
